Esq. Captain of the 29th regt. nephew of the late Lord Hartland, to Henrietta Bathurst, the Bishop's eldest daughter.

18. At Nuneaton, Warwickshire, the very Rev. James Henry Monk, DD. Dean of Peterborough, and Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge, to Jane, daughter of the Rev. T. Hughes, of Nuneaton.

19. Mr. Parrat, of Mount-street, Berkeley-square, to Amelia, youngest daughter of John Linstead, Esq. of Harling, Norfolk.

IN SCOTLAND.

At Melville-house, Fife, by the Hon. Rev. Robert Leslie Melville, Abel Smith, Esq. MP. of Woodhall-park, Herts, to Lady Marianne Leslie Melville, youngest sister to the Earl of Leven and Melville.

IN IRELAND.

At Mount Catharine, by the Right Rev. Dr. O'Shaugnessy, R. C. Bishop of Killaloe, James John Ba got, Esq. of Castle Bagot, in the County of DubTin, to Ellen Maria, daughter and co-heiress of the late Edmund O'Callaghan, Esq. of Kilgory, in the County of Clare.

At Dublin, James Wills, Esq. son of the late T. Wills, Esq. of Wellsgrove, in the County of Roscommon, to Catharine, daughter of the Rev. W. Gormon, of Kilmore, in the County of Meath, and niece to the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice.

At Dublin, Walter Blake, Esq. Captain of the late Royal Irish Artillery, to Catherine, daughter of Thos. Ely, Esq. of Killibeg, in the county of Tipperary.

ABROAD.

At Paris, William John Dalzell, Esq. of the Royal Artillery, second son of the late Professor Dalzell, of Edinburgh, to Eliza Margaretta, only daughter of S. Blyth, Esq. of London.

DEATHS.

August 9.-At Lathbury, near Newport Pagnell, Bucks, Mansel Dawkins Mansel, Esq. who destroyed himself with a Pistol. He had served the office of High Sheriff of Bucks, and was for many years an active Magistrate of that county. -And, on the 24th, Mrs. Mansel, his widow, who died through grief at his melancholy fate. They have left a family of five children. 22. William Bowen, Esq. fourth son of the late G. Bowen, Esq. of Lyngwaire, Pembrokeshire. He was running, in Piccadilly, to overtake the Bristol stage, which had just left the Coachoffice, when he fell down opposite the Albany, and instantly expired.

24. At his seat, Plasgwin, Anglesea, aged 65, Paul Panton, Esq.

-At Shooter's-hill, Kent, in his 79th year, after

an illness of only three days, General Sir Thos. Blomefield, Bart.

25. At Slough, Bucks, in his 84th year, the distinguished Astronomer, Sir Wm. Herschel, Knight Guelph, FRS. London and Edinburgh, President Astron. Soc. Lond. and a Member of nearly all the principal scientific bodies of Europe and America. This eminent man was born in Germany, Nov. 1738. His father, who was a musician, educated his four sons to the same profession, and placed William, at the age of 14, in the band of the Hanoverian Foot Guards. Desirous both of improving his circumstances, and of rising in his profession, he came over to England in 1757. Here, after experiencing many difficulties, he was engaged by the Earl of Darlington to instruct a military band which that Nobleman was then forming in the County of Durham. In consequence of the connexions formed in that part of the country, he, on the expiration of this engagement, spent several years in the neighbourhood of Leeds, Pontefract, &c. where he distinguished himself in his profession, and obtained a num. ber of pupils. In 1776, he was elected organist at Halifax; a situation which he shortly after relinquished for the more advantageous one of crganist at the Octagon Chapel, at Bath. Notwithstanding his ardent attachment to his pro

fession, he now devoted all his leisure to astronomical studies, to which he was led by having begun a course of mathematical reading while at Halifax. He applied himself to this new pursuit with all the ardour of genius, unablefortunately for both himself and the worldto purchase a telescope capable of satisfying him, he determined upon constructing one with his own hands, and in 1774, first saw Saturn, in a five feet reflecting telescope of his own mak ing. Stimulated by this success, he continued to form larger reflectors, until he produced one of twenty feet. In 1779 he began to examine the Heavens, star by star, and his zeal and labour were amply rewarded on the 13th of March, 1781, by the discovery of a new primary planet, to which he gave the name of Georgium Sidus, although it is now more generally denominated Uranus. This great discovery fixed his reputation as one of the most eminent Astronomers of the age, and secured for him that Royal patronage, which enabled him to apply himself entirely to his new pursuit. He now removed to Slough, where he constructed that stupendous Telescope, which was a noble monument of his genius, science, and perseverance. His namerous subsequent discoveries are recorded in the Transactious of the Royal Society. In 1816 his present Majesty conferred upon him the Guelphic order of Knighthood. Sir William was, like his nephew, the celebrated Griesbach, an admirable performer on the oboe. He has left one son, the inheritor not only of his name but of his genius. His remains were interred in Upton Church, on the 7th of September. 26. At Cheltenham, Lieut.-Gen. John Hayes, of the East India Company's Service. 29. At Brighton, in her 98th year, Mrs. Dulany, relict of the Hon. Daniel Dulany, many years Secretary of the Province (now States) of Maryland.

- At Leamington, where he had been residing several months, Mr. Jones, Banker, of the firm of Jones and Lloyd, Lothbury. He was sitting in the colonade in front of the pump-room, when he suddenly fell back and expired without a groan. His death was occasioned by apoplexy. 31. At her house, in Park-lane, after a short illness, Lady Perth.

At the Vicarage, Wandsworth, in his 79th year, the Rev. Rob. Holt Butcher, LLD. forty-four years Vicar of that parish, and Chairman of the Bench of Magistrates for the Half-hundred of Brixton.

- At St. Ives, a young lady aged about 24, the niece of the Rev. Mr. Morris, Dissenting Minister of that place. She was found suspended to a nail which she had driven for that purpose into the wall of her bed-chamber.

- In Green-street, Grosvenor-square, in her 91st year, Mrs. Mary Milles, only surviving sister of the late Richard Milles, Esq. of Nackington, Kent, and North Elmham, Norfolk.

Sept. 1. At Bodmin, John Waldron, MD.

6. At Preston-house, near Alnwick, after a tedious illness, Barbara Christiana, sister to Edmund Craster, Esq. High Sheriff for the county of Northumberland.

7. At his residence, No. 2, York-place, Marylebone, in his 60th year, Mr. Thornton, an eminent builder. This unfortunate gentleman, who was a man of considerable property, destroyed himself with a knife, with which he inflicted a wound on the right side of the neck, expiring about three hours after the commission of the fatal act. The verdict was, "Died in a state of temporary derangement." After the departure of the Coroner, Isaac Strong, who resided in the family of the deceased, and had been examined as a witness, requested that he might have the knife which Mr. T. had employed. This being given to him, he said, "Gentlemen, it is now all settled; I thank you for the verdict you have given; I am his natural son." On this strange confession, he was asked why he had not mentioned that circumstance before; and seven of the Jurymen immediately drew up a request to the Coroner, that he would grant a fresh inquest, with this, however, he said that he could not comply, as there was nothing in

Fair weather has prevailed for two-thirds of this month; the other part was showery, but mostly in the nights, which occasioned but little interruption in the completion of an abundant harvest, sooner by many days than has been experienced in this county, or perhaps in any other, for many years past. The pressure of the atmosphere is above the mean this month, the weather having been generally calm and hot, with a moist air; but the rain is less than 2 inches in depth. It is a remarkable circumstance, that the mean temperature of the air has been retrograde this summerthe mean of August is generally the highest of the year in this latitude, but that of the present month is an exception, and is actually less than either that of July or June! June afforded a mean temperature of 66.85°,-July, 65 95°,—and August, 64.89°. The uniformity of these results through the summer is also remarkable, and must have been beneficial to the fruits and vegetation. July, however, would have been the hottest month but for the heavy rains. The evaporation also was greatest in June. The daily rains at the latter part of August have again cooled down the earth's radiating power; and should it turn out a wet September, an

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early winter may be expected. It was reported by several of the country people here, that a slight hoar frost was perceptible in the fields, &c. last Saturday morning a little before sun-rise, with a fresh breeze from NW.: however, our self-registering thermometer did not at that time recede below 47°, the minimum temperature of the month. The temperature of springwater is already a little on the decrease. During the fair weather between the evenings of the 12th and 24th instant, both small and large meteors were prevalent and numerous: one of the largest, in the evening of the 15th, was of a light blue colour in its descent, till it burst at halfpast 9 P. M. when the evolving matter changed to fiery-red sparks-it passed under the side of the Serpent, between the Northern Crown and the Scales. The atmospheric and meteoric phænomena that have come within our observation this month, are 2 parhelia, 2 paraselenæ, 2 solar and 2 lunar halos, 81 meteors (17 of which presented themselves in the evening of the 17th), lightning on four, and thunder on two different days, and 5 gales of wind, or days on which they have prevailed, namely, 1 from SE., 1 from S., 1 from SW., and 2 from the West.

Aug. 1. A sunny day, and a brisk wind: overcast by night, mostly with thunder clouds, and a little rain.

2. As the preceding day: much dew and Cirrostratus by night, in which 2 faintly-coloured paraselence appeared at a quarter past 2 AM. just without the edge of a large lunar halo.

3. As the preceding day: the clouds of various colours in the evening, and the sunset with a large halo around it.

4. AM. fair: overcast, and a light shower in the afternoon: a moonlight night.

5. A fair day and night, with a brisk northerly wind.

6. An overcast sky, except an hour or two in the morning.

7. After a light shower, a fair and calm day: 2 bright meteors in the evening to the northward of this, followed by rain from the same quarter.

8. A fair day; and two winds crossing at right angles a mixture of clouds at sunset, followed by lightning and rain.

9. Light showers and sunshine at intervals: overcast by night.

10. Calm and overcast with Cumulostratus nearly all day and night.

11. A fair day and two winds: overcast and calm, with lightning and light showers by night.

12. An overcast sky, except in the afternoon, and light rain in the night.

13. Fair, with a strong breeze from SW.: cloudy and fine by night, and one small meteor.

14. A fine sunny day, and a brisk gale from SE. : the night as the preceding, and 8 meteors, two of which had trains.

15. As the preceding day: a clear sky by night,

and 9 meteors, two of which left long red trains behind them, and one was of a very large size.

16. Fair and two winds, the upper one from NW.: 5 small meteors in the evening, and much dew by night.

17. As the preceding day and night, with the addition of 12 meteors.

18. A fair day and opposite winds, the upper one from the north: Cirrostratus in the evening, which chiefly descended in dew in the night: 15 small meteors appeared in various directions between 9 and 11 PM.

19. Fair with Cirri and a brisk wind from SE.: patches of Cirrostratus by night, and 5 small meteors.

20. A fair and hot day, and two winds, the upper one from SW.: beds of Cirrostratus by night, and 3 small meteors. During the last 24 hours the evaporation amounts to nine-tenths of an inch.

21. Fair, with a brisk wind from SE.: the night as the preceding, with the addition of lightning, and thunder to the eastward.

22. Foggy till 9 AM., afterwards fair and hot, with light airs.

23. Fair with a brisk wind from NW. and a transparent atmosphere: a few flashes of lightning from the passing clouds in the night, and 5 me

teors.

24. AM. mostly overcast with an inosculation of clouds PM. heavy rain, and wind from SW. 25. A fine sunny day, with a brisk gale from SW.: showery at intervals, and I meteor in the night.

26. Sunshine and showers in the day, and repeated flashes of strong lightning, with thunder from a passing Nimbus at 10 minutes before 2 PM.:

1 very bright meteor passed under the star Alrukabah at a quarter before 9: chiefly overcast by night.

27. A sunny day, with the exception of a smart shower in the morning: a cloudy night and some dew.

28. Overcast with Cumulostratus in the morning: PM. rain at intervals, and a gale from the south, then from the west.

29. A sunny day, and a continuation of the gale: a light shower after sunset, a clear night, and a rising barometer.

30. AM. fine: calm and showery in the afternoon; and the night as the preceding, but a cold wind from the NW.

31. A calm sunny day, and a little rain in the evening: a clear moonlight night, and much dew.

Jonas and John Hobson, Mythom Bridge, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers; for new machinery for a more effectual and expeditious mode of shearing, cutting, and finishing woollen cloth, &c. which require the use of shears.-July 27.

J. Stanley, Manchester, smith; for machinery calculated for a more efficacious mode of supplying furnaces with fuel, whereby a considerable reduction in coals and labour is effected, as also in the appearance of smoke.-July 27.

J. Pearse, Tavistock, ironmonger; for

improvements in the construction and manufacture of spring-jacks, &c.-July 27. Sir A. Perrier, City of Cork, Knt.; for improvements in the apparatus for distilling, boiling, and concentrating, by evaporation, various sorts of liquids. July 27.

R. B. Roxby, Arbour-street, Stepney, Gent.; for certain improvements on the quadrant.-July 31.

W. Cleland, Glasgow, Gent.; for an improved apparatus for evaporating liquids. -Aug. 17.

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